Information Visualization Homework

Locate a data source on the web with data on a topic of interest to you. Give the URL and a couple of sentence description of the data.

Sketch a visualization to represent the data. A pencil sketch is fine, no need to be fancy, though you can do it on a computer if you like. It should be more than just a bar chart or pie chart. It should encode at least 4 or 5 variables (possibly but not necessarily using multiple linked views). If you need more inspiration, check out Flowingdata.com.

List the following:

• The variables that are being represented
• Their data type
• The visual encodings you are using
• How many data points there are in the data set
• The interaction methods you would use to turn it into an interactive visualization.

Turn in a digital copy of your description and visualization in the appropriate BOX folder and *bring a copy to class*.

Trouble finding data? Here's a list of some. Or, Google “census data” or “economic data” or “xyz data” where xyz is any subject of interest to you, and you will likely find some interesting data!

(assignment borrowed/modified from https://cs4460infovis.wordpress.com/homework-assignments/#link3)